According to witnesses, a gang who had arrived in a Wagon R car hurled bomb at him and his friends who were nearby an eatery. After all them fell to the ground, Shuhaib was picked up and hacked to death.

Though he was rushed to hospital, his life could not be saved. The four others have been admitted to a private hospital with serious injuries.

In protest against the incident, UDF will observe dawn-to-dusk hartal in Kannur on Tuesday.

The Congress meanwhile alleged that it was CPM activists who killed Shuhaib. He, who was remanded last month in connection with CPM-Congress clash was released recently. Police said the killing was a continuation of last month's incident.